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Quotes About Temptation

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The Devil is a spiritual lunatic, but, like many lunatics, he is extremely plausible and cunning.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.
~ Lord Acton
Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning.
~ David Platt
Every extramarital intimate relationship has a spiritual resonance, the consequences of which can be very severe.
~ Sunday Adelaja
A thing or one's eyes are not maya (deceit), but the attraction that occurs due to the sense is maya!
~ Dada Bhagwan
The devil doesn't care about your age when he wants to destroy you, neither does God when He is about to save you.
~ Alin Sav
The spirit of fornication and adultery robs a man of his authority in the spiritual realm.
~ Sunday Adelaja
The man who sins but wants to purify it is no more a sinner than the man who doesn't sin but wants to sin.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
It has been my observation that whatever a person hungers for, Satan will appear to offer in exchange for a spiritual compromise.
~ James C. Dobson
Fornication deprives a person of his spiritual covering.
~ Sunday Adelaja
The end result of adultery and fornication is spiritual and even physical death.
~ Sunday Adelaja
Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?
~ Harry Caray
Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
~ Billy Sunday
I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
~ Mike Tyson
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
~ Jim Sensenbrenner
The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
~ Mike Tyson
If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.
~ Mike Weir
You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one.
~ Tom Kite
I'm like an expensive menu... you can look but you can't afford!
~ Anna Kournikova
I can't believe how much money I lose betting on sports. "sucker born every minute". That's me!
~ Doyle Brunson
Lets go eat a God damn snack
~ Rex Ryan
Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.
~ Payne Stewart
The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
~ Lance Armstrong